A Cambridge resident has shared 'astonishing' late night pictures of a closed of section of the A14 which apparently shows no-one working.

Leslaw Pawlaczyk, from Milton, claims little construction work takes place during planned night closures which are put in place, between Girton and Milton junction, to enable the £1.5 bn improvement work to be carried out.

To test his theory he travelled to the overpass at Histon junction at 10.30pm to survey the scene on Thursday, May 17.

He told the News: "I went to see how the roadworks are progressing and to my astonishment there was nothing happening on A14 between Girton and Milton whilst I was standing on the overpass.

"I took some photos as a memento of empty A14. Why do they close four to five kilometre stretches of entire two directions of A14 for nights on end if there are no works happening at that time?

View of A14 from Histon interchange: "They may not be the best [pictures]" says Leslaw, "but in neither of them there is any vehicle visible." (Image: Leslaw Pawlaczyk)

"That does seem strange to me to say the least."

He added that this was not the first time he has witnessed the quiet scene, adding that "such pictures can easily be taken before midnight on any time the A14 is closed just by going to the Histon interchange.

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A14 roadworks

Highways England refute the claims no work is carried out during overnight closures and continue to advertise everything is on schedule.

The upgrade project started in November 2016 and is expected to take until March 2021. It includes a brand new bypass for Huntingdon, as well as widening existing sections of the A14 and the A1.

Leslaw says no-one would "believe" him unless he took the pictures. Image: Leslaw Pawlaczyk

A Highways England spokeswoman said: "Where widening work is underway, we are using narrow lanes and a reduced speed limit to enable us to carry out the improvements while keeping the same number of lanes open to traffic as there were before work started. Any other restrictions, such as closures, happen overnight wherever possible when traffic flows are lowest.

"Between the Girton and Milton junctions we were drilling trial holes on the eastbound carriageway to test ground conditions under the road surface.

"We carried out more vegetation clearance, installed cameras for CCTV and on the westbound carriageway we installed barriers, carried out some surfacing and maintenance work as well as upgrade work on the centre reservation."